Viking chief 'approves' Mame Niang: “He sticks a foot out and it goes in”

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·20 July 2026

Viking chief 'approves' Mame Niang: “He sticks a foot out and it goes in”

Hugo Vicente, technical coordinator of Viking Stavanger, is familiar with the qualities of Mame Niang, the 20-year-old striker FC Porto signed from Lyn, in Norway. At the invitation of Portal dos Dragões, the Portuguese coach, who has been based in Norway for several years, analyzed the path the Senegalese footballer has been taking in the Norwegian league. “A tall player, physically strong, good with his back to goal,” Vicente says, noting, however, that he has never worked directly with Porto’s new signing.

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